NEWS
The Farmers’ Market will be running from 8.30am to 7pm. There will be lots of food and craft producers with Christmas gifts and delicious produce for sale
Tractor Davey will there from 2.30pm… kids can have a sit on the tractor from the book!
We have a new producer… Porlock Bay Oysters.
In the evening we will have hot food and drinks… burgers sausage rolls pasties hot dogs mince pies and cream hot chocolate mulled wine and lots more.
Christmas lights are being switched on at 6pm.
Dec markets are 7th 14th and 21st, and then we will be back on 11th January 2019.
WHO’S AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK
As the market will be running from 8.30am to 7pm, we have a few traders leaving leaving at 2 as normal, and the rest will be staying until 7pm.
BAKERY
COMMON LOAF BAKERY (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 2PM)
'Common Loaf' bread is not ordinary bread like that made in big factories and sold through chains of big stores. It's made according to traditional recipes without compromise.
OUT OVER CATERING (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
We bring both sweet and savoury products to the market – cheesy sausage rolls, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, our sausage meat slices, quiche, pies and pasties; scones (plain, cheese and fruit) and all kinds of cakes from tea-bread to traditional coffee cakes, also cookie, tiffin, and flapjacks.
CONFECTIONERY
COCOA'S HANDMADE CHOCOLATE (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
Here at Cocoa's we use all the best ingredients possible, to make our produce as tasty as it can be! Everything is made by hand so every item is as unique as the last.
DAIRY & EGGS
BATCH FARM CHEESEMAKERS (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
All of our farmhouse cheddar cheese is made using the milk from our own dairy herd, meaning the milk for our cheese travels minutes rather than days or hours before being turned into our award winning final products.
DEANE BARTON FREE RANGE EGGS (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
Our eggs are free-range to a high standard - the hens are kept in small numbers and rotated around grassy pens - and are stamped with their own producer-number.
RAW MILK PRODUCER (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
Simply Raw Milk is not processed milk but milk straight from beautiful pasture-fed cows with nothing taken out. It is not pasteurised or homogenized but milk that has a wonderful creamy taste.
Simply Raw Milk, is a small dairy farm located in the beautiful Quantocks, Somerset.
DRINKS
WILDWEST OF EXMOOR (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
All made at Manor Farm, Wootton Courtenay, with ( lemons excluded, which are organic), hand picked fruit from my pestercide and fertiliser free ( apart from ponies) fields and garden and from the moor. No preservatives, colours etc. Just quality alcohol and fruit.
FISH & SEAFOOD
JONAS FISHMONGERS (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 2PM)
Jonas Fishmongers is a family business spanning across 5 generations. Today Steven and Martin are the owners and have grown up learning from their father, David Jonas. We can prepare your fish while you wait and take pre-orders via our Facebook page, dependent on availability. We also can offer fresh, frozen and shell fish to restaurants and pubs.
PORLOCK BAY OYSTERS (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
Porlock Bay Oysters (Community Interest Company) was formed to investigate the possibilities of once again harvesting oysters from the bay
After successful trials we are now producing Pacific Oysters,which are also gaining an excellent reputation for their wonderful taste, as we carry on building on the rich heritage of harvesting quality oysters from Porlock Bay.vailability. We also can offer fresh, frozen and shell fish to restaurants and pubs.
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
PLOWRIGHT (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 2PM)
100% homegrown, seasonal veg from our Organic farm in Over Stowey. We are certified organic by the Soil Association, the UK's leading certifier and sister of the well known organic farming charity.
GOURMET FOOD
STEFANO'S FOOD (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 2PM)
Stefano creates seasonal Italian and European dishes using fresh locally grown and reared ingredients from the South West, and he also sources and imports quality Italian products.
MEAT & POULTRY
EVENLADE TRADITIONAL (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
A traditional breed, our beef is produced exclusively from grass-fed, registered pedigree stock and is a trademarked product. All dry-aged (hung) for a minimum of 21 days, we sell a variety of cuts (steaks, joints, mince etc) subject to availability. All our meat is vacuum packed and fresh where possible but, as a small producer we do not have the numbers of stock to guarantee this. If at all possible we recommend advance ordering and we will do our best to provide the required size and cut: we sell out fast!
LITTLE MEAD MEATS (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
All our pigs are sourced locally, from farms and small holdings where we can be assured the meat is of the highest quality and the animals have led a stress free life. Everything we sell is produced by ourselves, using traditional butchery methods.
SOMERSET VENISON (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
We produce farmed red deer venison, fed on an all-grass diet at our family farm near Taunton. Our venison is high in iron, protein and omega 3 oils and low in fat and cholesterol. It is tender and flavoursome, not tough and gamey like some wild venison can be. We do not use any GM or antibiotics.
CRAFT
BEESWAX CANDLES (OPEN FROM 2.30 - 7PM)
JILL TAPP (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 2PM)
A new trader selling knitted yarn, felted items and scoured and carded fleece produced from Angora goats alpaca and sheep.
KIDS
TRACTOR DAVEY (OPEN FROM 2.30 - 7PM)
OTHER
EXMOOR ENGRAVING (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
PLANTS & FLOWERS
FOXHOLLOW NURSERIES (OPEN FROM 8.30 - 7PM)
Offer a wide-range of sustainably grown herb plants.